Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1241

Liability of the carrier and the vessel for loss or damage. Discharged if the action is not brought within one year after delivery or the date on which delivery should have occurred. Nature of this period. A prescription period, not a forfeiture period. Subject to the general rules concerning suspension and interruption of prescription. Interrupted by a demand by letter with acknowledgment of receipt, by settlement negotiations, or by the appointment of an expert to assess the damage. - Interruption of the prescription period applicable to the carrier's liability for loss and damage under the Brussels Convention. Commencement of a new period of equal length. When the new period is fifteen years. Two exhaustively enumerated cases. - The one-year prescription of actions arising from a contract of carriage by sea does not fall within the exceptional cases specified in Article 450 of the Civil Code.